What We Are Reading

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has said that Turkey will not hand over former Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, who has been sentenced in absentia to death for “running death squads” in Iraq.

In an unprecedented move, the American Wind Energy Association has ousted Exelon Corp. from its membership ranks over the company’s lobbying efforts to kill a tax credit the wind industry claims is crucial.

The European Union approved tougher energy-saving rules while pursuing a separate plan to limit their impact on demand for allowances to discharge carbon dioxide in the world’s biggest emissions-trading market.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu harshly criticized the Obama administration on Tuesday over recent statements that the United States would not set deadlines or draw “red lines” for Iran over its disputed uranium enrichment activities.

President Obama announced Monday that he would nominate Robert Stephen Beecroft, a career diplomat, as the next ambassador to Iraq after his first choice was forced to withdraw after the disclosure of racy e-mail messages.

A new study released in Nature suggests that there may be billions of tons of methane deposits trapped underneath the Antarctic ice sheets with the potential to be released into the atmosphere. While the methane has lain dormant for years, it may be on its way out. Here’s why we should all be hoping it doesn’t.

Bill Keller’s recent column in the New York Times points out the uncertainties of a pre-emptive strike on Iran, noting the consensus that an attack would only delay an Iranian nuclear program for a short time while giving rise to many unintended consequences.

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus authored an op-ed touting the success of the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) in the U-T San Diego News.

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